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The National | Mar 6, 2013 | 2:00

Bolshoi dancer arrested for acid attack

A Bolshoi Ballet dancer has confessed to being involved in the acid attack against the artistic head of the famed Russian troupe, which has long been mired in internal strife. Deana Sumanac reports

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